ArtPal

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Please download ArtPal from the ArtPal WordPress Page.

ArtPal is a free (GPL) WordPress plugin, originally written for Artists, to seemlessly integrate PayPal with their WordPress blogs so that they can sell their work online.

Artists’ online stores tend to be simple, but also unconventional. The items for sale are one of a kind, and thus the overhead that deals with keeping “stock” is unnecessary. I created ArtPal so that artists would have a simple, easy-to-use solution for their unique needs.

ArtPal’s most important features are:

Easy PayPal integration–all you need to supply is your PayPal email address!
Real-time sales updates–as soon as your item sells, ArtPal will disable it from being sold. You’ll never worry about your item selling twice!
Professionally supported–businesses mean business. Digital Sublimity provides commercial support, so you can be rest assured that your critical application will stay up and running when you need it.

If you have any questions about how to use ArtPal, please post them as comments on this page. I will address them directly or update the FAQ.

Configuring Artpal

Navigate to the Artpal configuration page by logging into your Dashboard, clicking on “Settings”, and then clicking on the “ArtPal” link. I recommend configuring the options on this page as follows:

Scroll down to the “E-Commerce” section. The first option to configure is the email address that is linked to your PayPal account. This is the account to which payments will be deposited, so check twice for typos!
The last E-Commerce option you need to configure is which PayPal button you would like to use. Select the option button next to the button of your choice.
Scroll up to the “General Options” section. Select the category that will hold the artwork that you want to sell. Any posts that you make in this category will be available for sale!
For now, leave the next option blank.
In the third option, select the category that will hold the artwork that has already been sold. Posts in this category will remain on your site for archival purposes, but will not be sold through ArtPal!
The next box holds the HTML that will be displayed when a visitor looks at a piece of art that has sold. You may use the default HTML or customize it to your liking.
The next box holds the text that will be displayed to users alongside the PayPal button. The words “PRICE” and “SHIPPING” (case-sensitive) will be replaced with the item price and item shipping charges, respectively. You may use the default text or customize it to your liking.
Leave the next option as is, for now.
The next text box holds the message to display to a user if you are trying to sell a piece of artwork but have omitted its pricing information. By default it asks the user to contact you; again, you may change this to your liking.
The last two text boxes are optional. The “URL of Thank You Page” allows you to enter the URL of a page that you would like to direct your users to after they have purchased your work. This can be a page on your blog or an external link to another web site.
The “URL of Cancel Purchase Page” allows you to enter the URL of a page that you would like to direct your users to if they begin purchasing a work but do not complete the purchase or send payment. This can be a page on your blog or an external link to another web site.
If you’d like to test your site using the PayPal sandbox, check that final box. Remember to switch it back before you go live!
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Update Options”

Using ArtPal

To use ArtPal in one of your posts, follow these instructions:

Create a new post as you normally would.
Move the cursor to the position in the post at which you want your ArtPal content to appear. Type the following:
```
[artpal=insert]
```
When your page is viewed, that text will be replaced by a PayPal button and the text that you have specified in the plugin settings.
Scroll down to the bottom of the post editor page. You will see a blue bar labeled “Custom Fields.” Click the “+” icon on the right side of that bar.
Set the price of your artwork by creating a custom field named “artpal_price”. For example, if you are selling a painting for $100, you will enter “artpal_price” in the key field and “100″ in the value field. Click “Add Custom Field” to save the data. This example is illustrated below.
Set the shipping price of your artwork the same way as you set the selling price, using the key “artpal_shipping”. In the example below, the shipping cost is $10.

Your blog post is now ArtPal-ready, and it gets even easier after you’ve made your first post! WordPress remembers the names of your custom fields, so the next time you add ArtPal content to a post, you can select your tags from a drop-down box instead of having to type them in. This is illustrated in the example below.

FAQ

ArtPal doesn’t have as many features as other WordPress e-commerce solutions. Why should I use it?

Features come with a price: overhead, complexity and server resources. ArtPal is fast, easy to set up and use, and won’t bog down your server. Why set up a whole workshop when all you need is a hammer?

Can I use ArtPal to sell things besides artwork?

Of course! The name comes from who it was written for, but anybody can use it!

I have an idea to make ArtPal better. Will you consider it?

Absolutely! But keep in mind that one of ArtPal’s core aims is to be lightweight and easy to use!

Do you have an issue tracking system set up where I can report bugs?

Not at the moment, but I’m working on it. In the meantime, please report all issues as comments to this page so that I have them all in one place when I’m working on the next release.

ArtPal is so helpful! Do you accept donations for your hard work?

A typical donation is not going to change my lifestyle, but it might really help somebody else’s. Please decide how much you’d like to give me, and then give that amount to the American Red Cross.

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224 comments:

Monday, October 6, 2008Rodney Smith says:

Robby, I like the idea of specifying the variable data using custom fields. But does this mean you can only have one Paypal button per post?
Monday, October 6, 2008Robby Grossman says:

Hey Rodney,

Yes, that’s correct.

Well, you can have multiple buttons per post, but they will all be for the same item. I might entertain feature requests for more diverse options in the future, so if you’d like something different, leave a note.

Thanks,
Robby
Monday, October 6, 2008Rodney Smith says:

Well, I have an artist friend who I’m considering doing a site for, so this sounds like the kind of thing I might want to use. I don’t have any firm requirements from her yet, just exploring options. But I think I may want to have several items to a page…or at least it would be good to have the option to do so. Now of course I could manually cut and paste the button code from the PP site, but I like the ease of using a plugin for it.
Anyhow, thanks for the reply.
Monday, October 6, 2008Robby Grossman says:

Hey Rodney,

Well the idea behind the plugin is that you use one button per post, and several posts per page. See http://www.hudsonvalleypainter.com for reference.

Best,
Robby
Wednesday, October 22, 2008dpecsok says:

robby,
ive been playing around with artpal and it seems to well so far. however i can only get it to work in one(1) category. i tried setting the “Category that holds artwork available for sale” option to the parent category but that does work either. anyway to make it recognize the [artpal=insert] code site wide or at least in several categories? thanks!!
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Thursday, October 30, 2008SOS Media says:

Thanks for the great WordPress plugin.
Monday, November 10, 2008jnystrom says:

Hi Robby!
This seems to be a great plugin! Since I new to e-commerce I could use a hint or two. I’ve filled in all the fields in the settings menu, but the IPN URL.

Trying out the plugin anyway, I realized I don’t get forwarded to the “Thank you”-page and the product doesn’t change category after the purchase. (No surprise, really.)

- Is the IPN URL something I’m supposed to find at paypal or is there a URL that I choose on my own site? Or is it a script page I have to set up of my own?

I could really the help. Thanks!
Monday, November 10, 2008Robby Grossman says:

Hey,

Whoops, looks like I have to finish the documentation–I thought I’d addressed this but I see that I have not. Anyway…

For IPNs to work, you need to create an empty page in wordpress (call it whatever you want) and for its content type “[artpal=ipnpage]“. Publish that page and copy it’s URL, then paste that URL into the “IPN URL” in the plugin options. I hope to automate this in a future version.

I think that will do the trick, let me know if it doesn’t!

–Robby
Tuesday, November 11, 2008jnystrom says:

Hey Robby! Thanks for the quick answer!

Well. Followed your steps. No cigar yet, I’m afraid.

Then I filled in the IPN URL at Paypal under Profile-> Selling Preferences-> Instant Payment Notification Preferences, and activated the IPN. No result.

I still end up at the login page of Paypal after I click “Return to merchant” and the goods is still in “available for sale”-category.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008Robby Grossman says:

Hmm,

Are you by chance paying by “echeck” method under PayPal? Sometimes they can take 2-3 days to clear even once they’re posted, and the IPNs don’t post until the funds clear. If you’re doing echeck, see if anything happens in the next 2-3 days. If you’re not doing echeck, let me know and I’ll send you a special logging version of the plugin that will help us pinpoint the problem.

Best,
Robby
Tuesday, November 11, 2008jnystrom says:

Nope. No echeck method. Using VISA card and I’ve been getting confirmation mails on my sellers account after each purchase, so that’s not a problem.
Do send me that special logging version. I’d be glad to get all the help I can.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008Robby Grossman says:

Okay, thanks for the info. I’ll get in touch with you directly, with a logging version, by week’s end.

–Robby
Tuesday, November 11, 2008M.Valenti says:

Hi Robby, I’m just installing the mode for a website I’m building and after setting everything up the entire post where the artpal is supposed to appear just plain disappear.

Any idea why this is happening??
Wednesday, November 12, 2008Robby Grossman says:

Hey Manuel,

Can you send me the entire content of the post, including the ArtPal=insert portion? I’ll see if I can reproduce your problem.

–Robby
Friday, November 14, 2008Jack Maton says:

I installed artpal, but no button is showing up on posts. How do you configure artpal outside of post entries, for instance how do you specify your paypal email and waht button you want to show? Sorry, but I am really confused about the Installation of this plugin.
Saturday, November 15, 2008Jack Maton says:

Got it partically working in a page post, but every time it just says SOLDwhen I view it. No Paypal button ever shows up.
Sunday, November 16, 2008Robby Grossman says:

Hi Jack,

There is an options page that you can use to configure your settings. If you’re using WordPress 2.6, log into your dashboard, select “Settings” on the top right, and then select “ArtPal” from the 2nd-tier menu on the top. On this settings page, you can choose which category holds “available” artwork and which category holds already-sold artwork. If posts are showing “SOLD”, it’s because they’re in the category of sold artwork.
Thursday, November 20, 2008The Renderghost says:

Hey Robby

Great Plugin, nice and simple.
I’m just wondering if there’s any way of changing currency used to UK £. I tried replacing the printed ‘$’ with ‘£’ in ‘artpal.php’ but that screwed things up with paypal when I click the ‘buy now’ button. Any sugestions?
Thursday, November 20, 2008Robby Grossman says:

Hey,

That’s actually a great point. A currency option is something that lots of people will probably make use of, so I’ll try to add that feature ASAP. I’ll email you when the new version is available, hopefully tonight.

Thanks for the note,
Robby
Friday, November 21, 2008Tim Corrigan says:

Hi Robby,

Just been trying out your plugin and it looks good. I’ve been trying to use it with currency GBP (seemingly implemented only yesterday from the above!) and had a couple of problems though…

When I first tried to submit to paypal I got an error saying the seller doesn’t accept payment in US dollars. True enough – but the submission should be in GBP as that is what I have selected in my ArtPal settings. I got round this for now by modifying artpal.php to hard code the value of currency_code in the form sent to paypal to GBP. Then after that I found that I was getting an error from paypal saying that my item amount was in the incorrect format, and again got it working for testing just by harding coding the amount and shipping amount fields in the same form to numbers like 20 and 10 (that is, no currency symbol).

Also a minor feature request – could you add an option to use the paypal developer sandbox url for testing purposes? Again, I’ve modified your code to use it for my own testing but I think that would be useful for many people and easy for you to add. The url is https://www.sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

Otherwise looking good!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008jnystrom says:

Hey Robby! I checked out your new version of ArtPal and I’m really impressed. Found a small bug concerning the currency as Tim earlier mentioned. It’s just a minor quotation mark that got left out, which messes things up with paypal.

Just replace Line 373 in artpal.php with “. ” // us dollars only” (skip the outer quotation marks) and it will be alright.

Now just a new issue came up: When I’ve purchased my item I don’t get a “return to merchant”-link which I got in the earlier version.

Accept that everything seems to work well now!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008jnystrom says:

Forgot about comments and code isn’t such a great combo. Well at least you know which line you’ll need to put the extra quotation mark.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008Dalton says:

Hey Robby,
This looks like a very promising plugin, I think I am going to give a try. One question, for photographers. Do you think it’s possible to do an edition rather than just one? I would like to sell 5 of a single photogrpah, but no more than that. Seems like it would complicate things from a software point of view, I understand if it might not be possible.

Cheers,
Dalton
Tuesday, November 25, 2008jnystrom says:

Ok. Got stuck with the shipping issue too. Bugfix for the shipping: remove line 357, so the that value get the currency prefix.

Figured out my trouble with the redirection. I hadn’t activated the redirecting in the paypal preferences. Filled in my root URL for my site and it worked like a charm. Came to my Thank you page.

Cheers and thanks for a great plugin!
Sunday, December 7, 2008Andrew says:

I’ll second Dalton’s request. I’m setting up a site for my brother-in-law and he’s going to be selling editions of similar clay pieces and doesn’t necessarily want to post each one individually. I’ll take a look at your code and see if it’d be too hard to adapt things. I’ve done a bit of WordPress plugin work, I’m the author of My Link Order, My Page Order and My Category Order.
Friday, December 12, 2008Jon says:

Where do I set the inventory of an item???

I’m trying to set this up, everything seems fine, but this item (click my name, and you’ll see it) is showing up as out of stock. Where do I set the inventory???
Friday, December 12, 2008jnystrom says:

And I’ll third Dalton’s request. If you or Andrew fix an update I’d appriciate it a lot.
Friday, December 12, 2008Jon says:

Does anyone know enough code PHP?
to tweak the setting:
“Category into which to move artwork when sold and label accordingly”
TO:
“TAG with which to label the work”

I don’t want my work moved once its sold, I just want a Tag ADDED to it of “sold”

Thanks a million
Friday, December 12, 2008Jon says:

Typo in Code & Solution:

. ” // us dollars only

it should read:
get_option(‘ds_ap_currencycode4217′) . ‘”>’

There was no Ending quotation mark for the value option
Hope this helps (it was causing Paypal to give me this error for my Buy button)…

“This recipient does not accept payments denominated in USD. Please contact the seller and ask him to update his payment receiving preferences to accept this currency.”

Hope this helps
Friday, December 12, 2008Jon says:

My last comment’s second line is cut off for some reason, but I was saying that this code was causing an error:

name=”currency_code” value=”‘ . get_option(‘ds_ap_currencycode4217′) . ‘>’
Friday, December 12, 2008Andrew says:

Great plugin so far from what I can see! I would also like to chime in and suggest adding quantities, for photographers, filmmakers selling DVDs (as we are trying to do), etc.
Monday, December 22, 2008Jason says:

We finished the plugin install tonightand created a test post to check it out. we hope to have a few albums up for sale from local artists in the near future using this plugin. We did have to edit the php source to fix the quote thing for us dollars only but it seems to be all working now! thanks for the plugin! –chr0n1c
Monday, December 29, 2008John Forster says:

Hello Everyone

Am trying to set up a little site for an artist friend of mine. Have followed all the instructions and all works well up until you click on “buy”. Then the following message appears from PayPal:-

This recipient does not accept payments denominated in USD. Please contact the seller and ask him to update his payment receiving preferences to accept this currency.

I have selected GBP so I cann’t work it out. I have requested help from PayPal but in the meantime would value your help.

All best wishes for 2009. Regards John
Monday, December 29, 2008.wired says:

Absolutely awesome plugin! You did a great job. Just go on and thank you for this great plugin!
Sunday, January 4, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Thanks for finding that fix, Jon. I’ve made that change and released version 1.3.1.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009The Renderghost says:

Hi Robby

Re the international currency issue.
I’ve updated to version 1.3.1 and I’m getting an error when clicking on the buy button. PayPal ‘Return to Merchant’ page says “The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount.”

I’ve set GBP in the Artpal settings page.

Have I missed something. What can I do to get this working?

Thanks
Tuesday, January 6, 2009John Forster says:

Hello Robby,

I droped you and email the other day but have had a really bad cold so didn’t do much about it.

Situation was that when you click buy the Paypal site [my paypal] it says it does not accept USD. I contacted Paypal and they showed me how to set up multiple currencies which I did.

Sadly it still says it will not accet USD. Have you come accross this before. I am sorry to troulbe you.

Kind regards – John
Tuesday, January 6, 2009John Forster says:

It could be I dont know where to put [artpal=ipnpage] on the page. Does it go in the Page Title. Or Text or HTML or the part where you insert thumbnails etc. Thanks John
Tuesday, January 6, 2009John Forster says:

Last piece of the puzzel.

I just upgraded your software and it seems to accept usd but now says:
The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount.

Sorry Robby. Any help with the above would be grately appreciated. Ta. John.
Saturday, January 10, 2009Chad says:

I too am getting the “The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount.” message.. what do we need to do?
Saturday, January 10, 2009John Forster says:

Hello Robby

I hope you had a nice holiday. Please could I ask for your help. I did send a couple of emails.

I think your Artpal is great and at the moment is installed on my friends Art Site http://www.mdmfineart.co.uk

When you click on “Buy” the following message from PayPal appears:-

“The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount”.

I have checked and rechecked the installation and also the way I enter money.

Any thoughts. So many thanks. John. Oxfordshire.UK
Saturday, January 10, 2009Chad says:

hey john im trying to fix the same problem right now and i’ve had no luck either.. it’ll work if you set the shipping costs in paypal via the postage calculations tab in the profile settings and untick the box at the bottom for “click here to allow transaction-based postage values..” but obviously i want to be able to enter shipping per piece and when you do this you get that message. awaiting robby’s response, other than this problem the plugin is fantastic and i thank you very much for it.
Sunday, January 18, 2009Jan Knutsen says:

Hi,
This looks like a great plugin, but I’m a photographer and it is not possible for me to use it unless there is a possibility to ad an edition number or even unlimited.
Do you have any plans to ad this? I think it would make it usable for a lot more people if you did.

Kind Regards,
Jan Knutsen
Monday, January 19, 2009Chad says:

hey robby i understand your very busy but I was just wondering if theres any update on fixing the ‘incorrectly formatted item amount’ problem? regards, chad.
Monday, February 2, 2009Rob Dunne says:

Hi there,

I’m also getting the ‘The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount’ error. Any clues?

Thanks…
Thursday, February 5, 2009Mar says:

Hi there, I must say what a great app this is, and would applaud any updates any improvements that comes along.

Like John Forster above, I’ve place the [artpal=ipnpage] in my wordpress page, and browsing through paypal’s PDF explanation about IPNs, it seems that this particular page must be ever-present for the plugin to work (otherwise the IPN page cannot be accessed)?

However I’m using permalinks and I am having doubts about my correctness in the usage of artpal. Would love to see pictorial examples of its installation, if anything.

Keep up the good work! You ought to have a donation button somewhere here dude! Some of us might just buy you a cup of coffee… Just sayin..
Friday, February 6, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hey folks,

Update coming soon, I promise! Stay posted…
Thursday, February 12, 2009Nick says:

I have to say I am trying to help a friend with a Ceramics Art web site and so far this would be my preferred option, but she is requesting the cart option rather than buy now.
Any chance this is a future option?

Great work!
Sunday, February 15, 2009Lauren says:

I know this is probably a stupid ques. but what is the ‘object id’ in the Item Lookup screen under Tools > Artpal Items?

Where am I supposed to establish the object id? Is it a different one for each piece for sale? Thanks!
Sunday, February 15, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hi Lauren,

The object ID is the same as the post ID. How you get that ID depends on your blog. If you have an “edit” link for each post, then you’ll see the ID at the end of that link. For example, on my blog, my “edit” links look like this: http://www.freerobby.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=390; thus the ID of that post would be 390.
Sunday, February 15, 2009Lauren says:

Well, not sure if this has been addressed already, but I’m pretty stumped now. I am displaying my handcrafted jewelry on ‘pages’ and your plugin requires a category to work. I then installed cat2cat plugin from the WordPress list in order to be able to assign a category to my pages. But it has limitations, and seems that I can only use ONE category per page. So it works on a couple of my pages (http://laurensjewelrydesigns.com/handcrafted-earrings/celtic-turquoise), but not all. Eventually, I plan to have over 50 pages of items for sale (one per page). But the paypal button won’t display if that page is not linked to a category. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Sunday, February 15, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hi Lauren,

Yes, that’s correct – you need to assign for-sale items a category. While this may be an inconvenience for you, it is generally helpful because it provides people an explicit mechanism to make an item available for sale. The category-based solution also allows ArtPal to interface with other plugins. Finally, it makes the plugin run more efficiently on the server because the plugin only has to intercept and add the PayPal button to those posts that fall into the for-sale category. I am sorry that this is problematic for your situation, but categories are deeply embedded in the ArtPal core and at this time I have no plans change that.

–Robby
Sunday, February 15, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hi everybody,

The infamous “The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount” bug has been fixed! Log into your dashboard and update to get fix the problem!

–Robby
Monday, February 16, 2009Dave Daniels says:

Hi, Robby, this looks like a great plug-in. So far, it works pretty well. I do get one code error that comes in at the top of each listed item: Warning: htmlspecialchars_decode() expects parameter 1 to be string, NULL given in /home/theweb/public_html/website/blog/wp-includes/compat.php on line 105
Any thoughts? I’ve tried a variety of things, but can’t seem to get that part out.
Monday, February 16, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hi Dave,

Can you tell me what version of WordPress you are using?

Thanks,
Robby
Monday, February 16, 2009Dave Daniels says:

I am using WP 2.7. I found the trouble, and it’s the new WP. This is the fix:
The line in error is line 104 in wp-includes/compat.php:

if ( !is_scalar( $string ) ) {

should be

if ( !is_scalar( $str ) ) {
And now your plug in appears!
Monday, February 16, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hi Dave,

Glad to see you were able to resolve it. Hopefully the WP folks get this fixed soon! I’ll see if I can reproduce it and if so I will file a bug report with them.

–Robby
Wednesday, February 18, 2009Dave Daniels says:

Hello, again, Robby,
This is working really well. I did find one minor problem.
Using WP 2.7.1
Root folder has the index.php for WP
All other files for WP are in the /blog folder
The IPN page, where it says “Click to return to my site” takes them to the /blog folder instead of the root folder with the index.php page, giving them a 404 not found error.
Where in the code should I amend that info for the IPN?
Thank you
Dave
Monday, February 23, 2009Thom says:

Does Artpal support WordPress MU 2.7? The instant I Activate the plugin WordPress comes up with a blank page, not the Manage Plugins page.

Have looked around at your website and think Artpal is totally worth installing a stand-alone WordPress if needed.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009Vernon Trent says:

Hi Robby,

I have the same issue like Dave (comment #60)

Regards
VT
Saturday, April 4, 2009Mike says:

Hi Robby I followed the instructions above and I’m receiving this warning on my post page.

Warning: htmlspecialchars_decode() expects parameter 1 to be string, NULL given in /home/michae16/public_html/blog/wp-includes/compat.php on line 105

The BUY NOW button shows up, takes me to paypal and charges the correct amount. I just want to get the warning to disappear. I have this set up for a future post so it’s not visible to the public.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
-mike

the site is schoolhouse daze located at
http://ciccotello.com/blog

WordPress version 2.7.1
Comicpress Theme Version: 2.7
Monday, April 6, 2009Mike says:

DOH! Just re-read post 56-58 got it. Missed those the first time.

Thanks!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009Tris says:

Hi,
Is it possible in your commerce WordPress plugin that when people buy a product, their user group is automatically changed?

Cheers
Thursday, April 9, 2009Brian Poirier says:

Had the same compat.php problem as Dave & Mike, but the fix Dave showed worked. This was on a new DL & Install of WP right from their site, so they still have not fixed it in the install set.
Thursday, April 9, 2009Brian Poirier says:

Idea: Any way to have a set of items available that will automatically be reduced when sold?

For example, I sell limited edition prints of about 30-50. So, if I start with 40 units for sale, it could automatically be reduced to 39 upon a sale then marked Sold Out when down to 0.

Right now I have to list them individually (or just list once, and upon a sale reset the category and change text to say what the units remaining are).
Thursday, April 23, 2009Shari says:

Hi,
I downloaded the most current version 1.3.2 from the wordpress plugin location yesterday and installed it. so far i love this plugin! I added a storewide percentage and the dollar amount is displaying 3 digits in the cents column which in turn when clicking the paypal link gives the dreaded “The link you have used to enter the PayPal system contains an incorrectly formatted item amount” error… can you point me to where the dollar amount is formatted to 2 digits?

Thanks!
Thursday, April 23, 2009Shari says:

Hi,

I found it!! I used php’s built in money formater and changed artpal.php on line 148 to:

$price = number_format(($regularprice – ( $regularprice * ( $discount / 100 ) )),2);

only need to add number_format and an extra set of parentheses around the whole thing with ,2 and it should work for all of parsing to paypal!!

I cant wait to see your other additions – enhancements to this plugin! this is WONDERFUL!

-shari
Tuesday, April 28, 2009Shyam Gupta says:

Is it possible, instead of setting one fixed PayPal e-mail address, to set a variable so that payment goes to the artist who made that particular post?

In other words, several artists can post their artwork for sale on a site with payment going to individual artists rather than a single person whose email address has been set.

Thanks.
Thursday, May 14, 2009Rebekah says:

Can I use this plug-in just for inventory control? I do not need any of the cart features or pricing stuff. I just need something that will allow my objects to show that they are sold out after the 1 in stock is sold. I am using market theme for wordpress. Thanks for any help!
Thursday, May 21, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hi Rebekah,

You could do that, but you will need to manually change the category from “available” to “sold” for the change to take effect. You’ll still need to set a default price, but you can make it so it doesn’t display in the post.

–Robby
Monday, June 8, 2009art says:

I would like to create art membership site. Can your plugin be used to reoccurring fees from paypal?
Thanks,Art
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[...] are plugins that allow you to simple sell single items using PayPal, that’s exactly why the ArtPal Plugin was developed (to sell art). You create a post with a few custom fields and voila! you’re [...]
Saturday, July 4, 2009jen says:

Hi Robby,

This is a FANTASTIC plugin!! I’ve been searching for this exact function for several days (and had almost given up hope completely!!!).

I just have 2 questions. I have several WordPress blogs, and in the process of setting up a new site to sell photo prints, and so I know how it works pretty well, but I’m not all that great with any kind of coding so I don’t know how to do these things myself.

Firstly, I want to be able to sell my prints in several different sizes / formats. Is it possible to have have these options by adding multiple Paypal buttons to a post or will it just get confused? Ideally I want to add a post as a gallery and have several size and postage options for the page – then the buyer just inputs the id number of the print they want on the (paying through) Paypal page.

Secondly, when I fill in the custom fields and add the Paypal button the text appears, for example, as “£20 via PayPal, £5 shipping within US” – is there a way to offer 1) multiple shipping prices and 2) change the “US” to “UK”?

Thank you very much for your help (and an awesome plugin!!).

jen x
Wednesday, July 8, 2009Robby Grossman » ArtPal | Squico says:

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Friday, July 10, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hey Jen,

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you — real work has taken up too much of my time, lately.

It is not possible to sell multiple sizes/configurations within a single post. I certainly understand why this would be desirable, but it was not a use case that I considered when making ArtPal. I will consider adding that feature at some point in the future, but it will not be a top priority anytime soon.

As for your second question, multiple shipping prices are not currently supported either. Again, I will log the feature request and consider adding it to a future version. You can change the currency and text from the admin panel. I can’t explicitly create new currencies, as I am limited by what PayPal supports. As of version 1.3, all PayPal currencies were supported; if new ones have been added, please let me know and I will add them.

Best,
Robby
Wednesday, July 15, 200910 Things You can Do with WordPress Besides Blogging — WPCandy — WordPress Themes, Plugins, Tips, and Tricks says:

[...] are plugins that allow you to simple sell single items using PayPal, that’s exactly why the ArtPal Plugin was developed (to sell art). You create a post with a few custom fields and voila! you’re [...]
Saturday, August 15, 2009George Lowry says:

Robby,

Will the current version of ArtPal work with WP 2.84?
Caveats?

Thanks,
George Lowry
Placerville, CA
Tuesday, August 18, 2009Sanjeev Bhadresa says:

Anyone know if this plugin works for WPMU?
Monday, August 24, 2009Gerald says:

that looks great. Is there a chance, to forward after selling to a download-place? (maybe a htaccess-safed file) I wanna sell WP Templates and need a secure possibility.
Monday, August 24, 2009melonpool says:

Thanks for this plug in! I’m in the process of adding it to my site, but I have over 1400 comics that I want to list for sale. Do you have any tips/tricks for adding the [artpal=insert] to each post and the Price and Shipping Custom Fields to all of these strips? I’ve been doing it manually, but it’s taking forever.

The good news is, that just about all of them are the same price, so if I could populate all of these once, I could go back and change the few that have different prices. Maybe there’s a plug-in somewhere that would allow me to edit posts in this way?

Thanks in advance!
Monday, August 24, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hey George,

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I would expect this to work with WP 2.84 but I have not yet certified it. I hope to get to it within the next couple of weeks (sorry, things are super hectic).

Cheers,
Robby
Monday, August 24, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hi Sanjeev,

I have not done any certification testing for WPMU, nor have I heard anything from others who have tried. If you try it, please let me know how it goes so that I can post the info for others!

Cheers,
Robby
Monday, August 24, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hi Gerald,

Currently there is no “forwarding” feature in ArtPal. However, it does support “thank you” pages, where users will be redirected after a successful payment. One option would be to use some other tool to perform some special action at that “thank you” page to forward the visitor where you’d like.

If you need something tied into PayPal’s IPN system for verification/security, I would need to add that functionality to the plugin. If you can be specific in your functional specs, email me what you need at (my name) at (my domain).

Thanks,
Robby
Monday, August 24, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hey melonpool,

I can’t vouch for any particular tool, but the Append Content and Mass Custom Fields Manager plugins look very promising. Hope that helps!

Cheers,
Robby
Tuesday, August 25, 2009Robby Grossman says:

ArtPal is now 2.84 certified. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Robby
Tuesday, August 25, 2009melonpool says:

Thanks, Robbie! Those plug-ins worked like a charm!
Saturday, October 3, 2009Thiru says:

Hi Robby,
I have using wordpress version 2.8.4
I dont have a paypal real account so i try with sandbox. when i purchased the item its working perfectly. but the ipn call back not working properly. The purchased item still in the available category.
for using sandbox i have changed the form action url https://sandbox.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr
Sunday, October 4, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Hey Thiru,

When you pay through the sandbox, are you doing it via check or credit card? The IPN only goes through when the mock “payment” clears – I’m not sure how PayPal handles that.

–Robby
Thursday, October 15, 2009Ann says:

hi! i would like to know if this plug-in can give my members their own stores—i mean if a member posts an item, payment goes to that person and not to me. i’m looking for an e-commerce plug-in for wp that will let my members sell their products online on my blog. kinda like ebay or something. can your plug-in do this? thanks
Wednesday, October 21, 2009Phaseill says:

Awesome plug in Robby. Simple and seamless integration will definitely spread the word to the masses! Offically a fan
Thursday, October 29, 2009Robby Grossman says:

Sorry Ann, this plugin only supports a single payee.

–Robby
Sunday, November 1, 2009WordPress Ecommerce Plugins, Themes and Tutorials - Wordpress Tips | Theme Digital says:

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009Sandeep says:

I am a new bie, first time using Paypal. I didnt get, where to get IPN url.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009WordPress Ecommerce Plugins, Themes and Tutorials | Master Design says:

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Thursday, November 12, 2009Scott says:

Hey there Rob, great plug-in! I was wondering if there was a way to make the appearance a bit more discreet? For instance is there a way to leave the price off the front page or have a “Buy this Original” button or link to take you to the archive page where there would be a tag or sales line, the price and shipping? Just wondering…
Friday, November 13, 2009Janeen says:

Love this plugin! Thanks!
Can you please tell me how to fix my problem? My PayPal button looks huge in the posts, and it’s not very attractive. You can see it at www dot buzzardlips dot com.
Thanks again!
Friday, November 13, 2009Janeen says:

Hey, found my own answer. Copy this code:

.custom .format_text input, #commentform input, #commentform textarea {
width:auto;
}

into custom.css
Saturday, November 21, 2009James says:

this looks to be a really useful plugin – how feasable are tweaks to make this suitable for many categories or sub-catehories?

Thanks, J
Thursday, December 3, 2009Joanie Springer says:

Hi there, I’m using fat free cart and alas, it doesn’t have code in the php that will grab sales tax info out of my paypal account. So now I am on the hunt for a new cart plugin. Does your cart coordinate with one’s paypal profile and if sales tax is set up there, does it grab it??? Thanks much. I gotta get this fixed quick. Blessings!
Thursday, January 7, 2010danichurch says:

Can't seem to find a different way to contact you, and the ArtPal page doesn't allow comments like it suggests. So, quick question/suggestion: what would you think of adding the standard Paypal shopping cart buttons to the Buy button that ArtPal generates? It wouldn't make the plugin that much heavier, but it'd be a lot more useful for a site I'm working on. I figure the bulk of the work would be in the IPN processor, teaching it to handle multiple items.
Thursday, January 7, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Dani,

Sorry about the comment difficulties – that should be fixed now.

I don't have time to make that change at present, but if you want to submit
a patch I would certainly consider accepting it. My primary concern is
keeping things simple for the end-user. So long as the complications are
abstracted away from the user/administrator I would not have a problem with
it. The latest code is available here if you're interested:
http://github.com/freerobby/artpal

–Robby
Friday, January 8, 2010Shawn Hoefer says:

Had my first semi-successful test of this simple plugin this morning. The payment came through GREAT. My customer said it was a no-brainer…

However, when I went to check the page, the item was still listed as available for sale. Is this a glitch on my part… did I miss something in the setup? Or, is this a glitch with WordPress 2.9.1?

Thanks!
Friday, January 8, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Shawn,

Glad the nuts and bolts are working for you. It's hard to tell where the
glitch is from what you've described; a few things could be at play:

1) Did you create and configure a PayPal IPN page through the plugin's admin
interface? I'm hoping to remove this requirement altogether in the next
version, but for now it's necessary.

2) Did you pay for the item by bank account/echeck on PayPal? Unfortunately,
when something is purchased by e-check, it can take 3-4 days to clear and
PayPal does not issue an IPN until that happens. There is nothing I can do
to fix this problem; it's just how PayPal's API works.

3) Be sure your “available” and “sold” categories as configured through the
plugin are not the same!

4) If you're using wp-cache or wp-super-cache it is possible that you are
seeing an out-of-date version of the page. Try manually expiring the cache
and see if it goes away.

Happy to help,
Robby
Friday, January 8, 2010Shawn Hoefer says:

Wow! Quick response. Thanks! As I read your reply my hopes for an easy solution were slowly dashed. Yes, I set up the IPN. No, the payment went right through with no time needed to clear. Yes, the categories are different (although I do list items in multiple categories – could that cause the problem? For instance, one item is listed in a “brooms” category, and a “For Sale” category, and a “Featured” category.).

Then, there was a ray of light. I do use WP Super Cache. Or rather I did. I've turned it off and I'll see how thing go from here… although a response to the multiple category issue would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Friday, January 8, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Shawn,

Multiple categories should not be an issue. Let me know what happens when
you manually expire the cache. If that is the issue, please let me know and
I will try to get better compatibility with wp-super-cache in the next
version (hopefully by end of January).

–Robby
Wednesday, January 13, 2010Nathalie says:

Hello!

Where to find the URL of the IPN page on my paypal account?
Do you mean the Instant Payment Notification (IPN) history?

Thanks
Wednesday, January 13, 2010freerobby says:

Hi Nathalie,

You don't need to do anything to your PayPal account. ArtPal sends PayPal
the URL of your IPN page. You just need to add the IPN page URL to your
ArtPal configuration.

–Robby
Wednesday, January 13, 2010Nathalie says:

ok. I got it.
Thanks for this quick answer.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010WordPress Shopping Cart Plugins | Reviews | Garmahis says:

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010Janie says:

Is this safe to use on WordPress 2.9.1? As I activated the download I got a warning saying ArtPal had not been tested on my version of WordPress.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Janie,

I have not officially tested it on 2.9.1 yet, but judging by the WordPress
changelog it should be fine.

–Robby
Tuesday, January 26, 2010ArtPal: Sell Your Tangible Goods with WordPress | WordPress 4 Internet Marketers! says:

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010WordPress 4 Internet Marketing says:

I just wanna let you know that I reviewed ArtPal here.

Thanks a lot,

MK Safi
Friday, January 29, 2010Webbhotellet Binero - Så skapar du en webbshop i Wordpress! | Binero - bäst på domännamn, vänligast på webbhotell says:

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010Janie says:

Hi. What is the “Item Look up” under 'Tools: ArtPal Items' and what is the “item number (object id)” it asks for? Also, I can't figure out why I keep getting the default “Please contact me if you are interested in purchasing this piece” although the pricing is coming up when I check the 'Custom Field'. The selected PayPal button is also not coming up on the published page. Does one of these have anything to do with the other? I hope you can help. Thanks.
Friday, February 5, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Janie,

The “Item Look Up” lets you find a post by its wordpress post ID. If you don't know what that is, don't worry, you don't need it.

As for your other problem, it sounds like you have ecommerce disabled. Is the checkbox at the bottom (“check to disable ecommerce”) checked?
Friday, February 5, 2010Janie says:

Hi Robby. It was a silly goof on my part: I'd entered capital 'A' on 'artpal' in pricing. Thank you so much for responding so quickly. I think you not only have a great little plugin here (which I'm promoting like crazy to some site designers I know) but I really appreciate how you respond so reliably and helpfully to questions. I'm discovering that makes you really stand out from many others out there. Thanks again for both the plugin and the support.
Friday, February 5, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Janie,

Thanks for the kind words! I'll remove case sensitivity in the next version
(whenever I finally get to it!) so that this isn't an issue for others.

Cheers,
Robby
Saturday, February 6, 2010freerobby says:

Thanks for this fix. I've added it to the latest version.
Saturday, February 6, 2010freerobby says:

Sorry Art, it doesn't support recurring payments.
Saturday, February 6, 2010freerobby says:

Thanks for the tip, Tim! I just implemented this. There is now a Sandbox checkbox at the bottom of the ArtPal configuration page.
Saturday, February 6, 2010freerobby says:

Hi everybody,

I just released version 1.4. Primary improvements are:

1) You no longer need to worry about setting up the IPN page. That is handled automatically by the plugin. If you set one up before, you can delete it.

2) Added support for PayPal sandbox. This will allow you to test your purchase flow without having to exchange real money through PayPal.

3) Fixed a bug where prices would display up to three decimal places instead of two.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010Wilson M says:

I was really hoping this would work for me, but for whatever reason I followed all the steps and on my page the [artpal=insert] text is not replaced with a button and I don't know why. I am using WP 2.9.1 right now. I threw up some dummy text on the page and the dummy text shows up but the [artpal=insert] is just mysteriously gone with no trace. I'm sure the plugin is initialized correctly because I a get the admin page stuff. Any idea what this might be?
Thursday, February 18, 2010Wilson M says:

I was really hoping this would work for me, but for whatever reason I followed all the steps and on my page the [artpal=insert] text is not replaced with a button and I don't know why. I am using WP 2.9.1 right now. I threw up some dummy text on the page and the dummy text shows up but the [artpal=insert] is just mysteriously gone with no trace. I'm sure the plugin is initialized correctly because I a get the admin page stuff. Any idea what this might be?
Thursday, February 18, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Wilson,

It's possible that your post is not in the category designated for
“available” artwork in ArtPal. Can you double check that?

–Robby
Thursday, February 18, 2010Wilson M says:

thanks, after sleeping on it, or not sleeping as it were, I looked through some more posts, and 20 minutes into it, I found somebody had a similar problem. I messed around with the three different categories of artwork and saw that I had put both sold and available items in the same category.

As a future reference for all who are having a similar problem, it should be noted that the sold mechanism changes the category of your post to signify that.

I have one more question though. I am looking to not ever have a “sold” effect. I am using artpal to sell clothes so I never actually sell a one of a kind piece (though they are sort of one of a kind). I plan on looking through the code pretty soon to see how to disable that, but if you can direct me to it, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Thursday, February 18, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Wilson,

Glad you figured it out.

For your second issue, you can simply comment out line 75 of ipn.php, which
reads:

ds_ap_change_taxonomy_of_object ( $post_id, $old_cat, $new_cat );

Commenting out that line will prevent the category from being changed when
it's sold.

Cheers,
Robby
Friday, February 19, 2010paul says:

I'm trying out this plugin, and have a question: the price appears twice, the first time with a strikethrough, then appears normally.
it is inside <del> tags, how to remove that?

thanks
Friday, February 19, 2010freerobby says:

Hi Paul,

It sounds like maybe you have the “sale” option enabled? Be sure that is
disabled in the ArtPal options. Let me know if that isn't the issue.

–Robby
Monday, February 22, 2010Matt says:

Robby- Is there a downloadable products option?
Monday, February 22, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Matt,

No, downloaded goods are not supported. You could provide a link on your
“thank you” page to hack a solution in, but it would not be secure.

–Robby
Wednesday, March 3, 2010jerome robins says:

http://www.lisabrowngallery.com/shop/lisa-brown…

can u tell me why this is showing up as 0$? also is it possible to set diff shipping options? like within US, Canada, INTL, Local pickup etc?

thanks jerome
Sunday, March 7, 2010nosaukums says:

Hi there, thank you for such a useful plug-in, great work!
Had a Question – Can I set up a “default” price? .. Lets say.. if I dont change it by custom field then by default it is not 0 but 50. (maybe 3rd custom filed – ARTPAL_DEF_PRICE ?)
But i still would need the option to change the price on individual items.
Also Can i enable the button automatically on all posts? (probably by hard-coding in posts template)?
Thanks again.. maybe You can point me in right direction and I can hard code the default price in code? instead of 0 …

Thanks
Monday, March 8, 2010Dave says:

Does ArtPal allow you to set a tax rate? If so, does it calculate it from the price, or from the sum of price and shipping?
Thursday, April 1, 2010mike says:

I have many categories which list items for sale. How do I configure this plugin for that?

AWESOME work by the way robby. I'm impressed.
Saturday, April 3, 2010Mike says:

my item does not move to the sold category when it is sold. I am using credit card payment so it is instant. I have enabled IPN in paypal and set the URL to my website URL http://www.juliegracestudio.com.

but no dice. ideas? How does artpal know that an item sold?
Saturday, April 3, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Mike,

Hmm. You shouldn't have to set the IPN page in PayPal – ArtPal sends it the
URL to ping when it redirects the buyer to PayPal. Are you using the latest
version (1.4)?

–Robby
Saturday, April 3, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Mike,

Presently that is not supported, but one work-around you could do is create
an additional category and add it to everything you want to sell. Then set
that category as the one that represents available items. I realize this is
not ideal. Hopefully when I have some time to work on it, I can move it to
being tag-based rather than category-based to eliminate some of these
issues.

–Robby
Wednesday, April 7, 2010Shari says:

I too am having the same issue however I confirmed that I have the “sale” option disabled with a “0″ on the setup page. I had this fixed once before but cannot remember where I fixed it but when I find it, I'll post it here.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010Shari says:

Hi Robby, Paul,

I found it! With the formatting of the 2 decimal places, somehow it turned OFF the functionality of if the sale option was enabled or disabled.

Add after line 158 the following code line:
$regularprice = number_format ($regularprice,2);

I tested it by a temporary 10% discount and here's the post for it: http://sharilynnstudios.com/?p=48882
Tuesday, April 20, 2010nathaliechikhi says:

Hi!

It is possible to combine ArtPal with a shopping cart?
What I am looking for it's to offer the possibility to buy many items (unique items) in one visit.

Like ArtPal, easy to install and configure!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010Paul says:

does it work with 2.9.2? i installed it and it shows 2 prices one of them is strikethrough and also it shows [artpal=insert] on the post page
Tuesday, April 27, 2010freerobby says:

It has been tested with 2.9.2. If you disable other plugins, does it still
happen? Also be sure you haven't checked the on-sale box in the
configuration. Typically that is how you would see a strike-through price.

–Robby
Tuesday, April 27, 2010Paul says:

on-sale it's not checked and i have only one plugin which i can't disable because the theme is functioning with that plugin, any ideea? i don't want to give up your plugin it's so easy to use and nice.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Paul,

I actually just realized my latest test was with 2.9.1, not 2.9.2. Still, I
would be surprised if a security/patch release broke it. Can you confirm
that you are using the latest version of the plugin (1.4)? If you are, can
you point me to your blog? (Feel free to email me if you'd rather do it
privately).

–Robby
Tuesday, April 27, 2010Paul says:

Thanks for the fast reply, too fast for me )

I'm using Version 1.4 and i cannot point you to my blog because it's on my computer (xampp) and it doesn't work with the IP address, don't know why, i will upload it tomorrow i think and send the link.
thank you
Thursday, April 29, 2010Paul says:

hello again, i uploaded but still want to make some changes until implementing payment, what is that file .gitignore in the plugin archive? i cannot upload it on the server it says bad filename.. i looked it up on the internet and it says something about apple computers creating a ds_store file?? sounds familiar? maybe delete it if it's not used by the plugin
Thursday, April 29, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Paul,

Thanks for the heads up. Ironically the purpose of .gitignore is to keep
certain unnecessary files OUT of the plugin archive. I'm not sure why it's
giving you an error, but rest assured it is absolutely not necessary for the
plugin to function.

–Robby
Friday, April 30, 2010Paul says:

it seems it's a theme's problem so i'm talking to the guy that made the theme – i'll post again after solving theme's problem, thank you
Tuesday, May 4, 2010jaystrab says:

It would be cool if this supported downloads for selling digital artwork with encrypted url's. I looked around and found a couple things for WordPress, but they were not really secure/encrypted. The best one I've found so far is Ubercart for Drupal.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010Matt Hancock says:

Hey Robby,

Any chance of being able to assign quantities to products? I thought you were able to in the past, but I might have been dreaming. :p

Cheers.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010morris2010 says:

First I have to thank you for this great wordpress plugin. I have a question can I add a paypal button in a sidebar location? Is there a php code to add the paynow button? Thank you!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010freerobby says:

Thanks for the kind words.

There is no sidebar widget functionality at present, but I'm not opposed to
adding it. Can you elaborate a bit on what you think it should look like? I
don't quite understand the use case.

–Robby
Tuesday, May 11, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Matt,

I think you were dreaming.

Quantities were never supported. I have gotten a couple of requests for this
though, so I will try to add it to the next version. Keep an eye out in a
couple of weeks.

–Robby
Tuesday, May 11, 2010morris2010 says:

Thanks freerobby! I'm creating a site and I need to add a buynow button in a sidebar location. I don't need to add it as a widget. Is there a way for me to include a buynow button using some php code. For example we use [artpal=insert] to call the button in a post. What is the method to call the button in any location I need. Thanks again for the great plugin and the support.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010freerobby says:

Unfortunately it isn't just a function call – it latches onto the WordPress
content hook, but it should be doable. What happens when the sidebar appears
on a page with multiple posts?

–robby
Tuesday, May 11, 2010morris2010 says:

The plugin works well with the posts if I call as [artpal=insert] in posts. I'll try freerobby. If I'd do it I'll update here. Thanks again!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010freerobby says:

Cool, thanks. Yeah – definitely let me know if you have luck and I'll update
the plugin or documentation accordingly.

Thanks,
Robby
Tuesday, May 18, 2010sharling says:

Unfortunately, I am stuck . . .I have uploaded the plugin in my plugins in the admin/dashboard in wordpress connected to my site. Then proceeded to configure Artpal, according to your steps. Although, in the post I have individually put up an image of an item I would like to sell, with the the content specfic to [artpal=insert] but when I visit the site I do not see the paypal button that appears near the post. Can you help ? Maybe I was unclear as to where exactly to type [artpal=insert], I thought I could put it in each individual post that would delineate the item for sale.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Sharling,

Can you link me to the post in question?

–Robby
Wednesday, May 19, 2010sharling says:

Robby:

I hope so. http://www.rustymesa.com/blog-2/
Shar
Wednesday, May 19, 2010freerobby says:

Hey Shar,

I see that post is in “Uncategorized.” Did you set up “Uncategorized” to be
your category of items for sale? If not you need to configure that in the
artpal settings, or change the category to whatever your “For sale category”
is.

–Robby
Wednesday, May 19, 2010sharling says:

Hmm that is what I thought I did in the General options. I created two categories relative to the posts. . .
Oh I see there are two places one where you create it and the other where you select it. Opths

What is with the crossed out 1500 before the actual price. Did I duplicate something ?

Thanks
Shar
Wednesday, May 19, 2010freerobby says:

You probably have sale mode enabled. Be sure to disable that.

–Robby
Friday, May 21, 2010sharling says:

Dear Robbie;
Where would I find sale mode to disable ?
I really really looked

Thanks
Shar
Tuesday, May 25, 2010freerobby says:

Sorry, I meant ecommerce.

You want to be sure this box is not checked:

http://grab.by/grabs/a42bca1d51a4a16cf8eb60e3a6…
Saturday, June 5, 2010sharling says:

Dear Robbie:

Sorry to be such a pest. I did diable the e-commerce and the price is still scratched out. Do you have any other ideas ?
Saturday, June 5, 2010sharling says:

Dear Robbie:

Sorry to be such a pest. I did diable the e-commerce and the price is still scratched out. Do you have any other ideas ?
Saturday, June 5, 2010freerobby says:

I'll contact you off-list and see if we can get this worked out.
Saturday, June 5, 2010Tom says:

Hi Robby,

Intuitively I feel I'm at the right place and as such, I need to know if you think I can use ArtPal with my relatively new WP video blog. I am going to be selling Coaching/Training both on-line and on-site. No books, sneakers or bicycles. Simply Service Products. How many? At the moment 3, but could grow.

I setup a paypal merchant account, optimistically, about 6 months past. Never used it to accept money, only to pay out. My concerns are: can I use it for this kind of Service biz? Like many, I want to believe the payment process is simple & secure. And BTW,

I am not a Geek/Coder/technowhiz. Any hope here? I do like what you've put together on this site, it feels good. Thanx.
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Friday, July 2, 2010georges says:

Hi Robby,

I am using ArtPal with WordPress 2.9.2

I have sale mode disabled (0% in the Store-wide Sale field in ArtPal Options).

I still get the stricken regular price and then the regular price, shipping and button.

Everything work fine except for that stricken price.

Please see our post at
http://frenchbohemians.com/for-sale/for-sale-vi…

Double/tripeled checked everything.
No game.

No clue as to what to do next to correct that.

Please advise.

Georges
frenchbohemians@cyme.org
Wednesday, July 7, 2010Laura says:

Is there any way to allow customers to use the paypal “add to cart” option instead of “buy now”? It seems like you can only pay for one item at a time, which discourages shoppers from buying multiple items.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010V for Vancouver says:

Hi there. I want to sell my stuff in mexican pesos (mxn), one of paypal's supported currency, yet I had to manually add that option to the plugin. Could you add it, maybe for the next update?
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Friday, July 30, 2010Sheila says:

Hi Robby,

I am trying to figure out how to make a single password-protected post work with artpal. I have a category I am using for Artpal, called “Studio Sale.” I have a piece of artwork (sale in progress) which was not part of the studio sale. The customer wants to pay for it online using Paypal. I don't want this post to show up to the public. However, when I add the Studio Sale category and make the individual post password protected, it shows up anyway. Is there a workaround?

Thanks,
Sheila
Friday, August 6, 2010Jennifer says:

Hi Robby,

It seems that every time I put in any amount above 1000, it shows up as if it would be sale (first instance stricken. Is there some way to change that?

Please see it at: http://www.luzpreciado.com/paintings
Sunday, August 8, 2010Juliana Reed says:

ArtPal looks great, but I need it to do chained payments through paypal (i.e., commision) Will you help me develop the Paypal API?
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Thursday, September 2, 2010TiaVamp says:

Yes, I also would like this functionality, as well as a thumbnail widget to show up as a “latest work” in sidebar, and the ability to add multiple buttons to a post ie: “Buy Original” & “Buy Prints” with a variable custom field for diff size prints. I know this is more than the simple idea artpal stood for… but I would love it.
Saturday, September 11, 2010visitor analytics says:

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Sunday, October 3, 2010mx005 says:

Can I use this to sell digital images for users to download at varying resoutions, (like a basic stock photo site)…?
Tuesday, October 5, 2010Anonymous says:

Sorry, no. ArtPal doesn’t support downloadable content and is really
intended for one-time purchases.
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Thursday, November 25, 2010Nova says:

Hi Rob,
Thank you for the great plugin. It’s really easy to use and perfect for its purpose. However, I am having the same problem someone else (Jennifer) commented about 3 month ago. When I enter a price above $1000. It appears twice with the first instance crossed out. It’s probably very time consuming to keep up with all these bug fixes, but if you could look into it it would be great. Thank you so much!
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Sunday, January 9, 2011Scott Lincoln says:

Hey FreeRobby,

I have a webcomic site which is using WordPress 3.0.4 using a Comicpress 2.8 based theme. This plug-in seems to fit the bill of selling original art. I was wondering, is there a way to not have the Price and shipping show up on my index page (or at all if needed), but rather just have the Paypal button with “Buy this original” that takes you to the Paypal page with price and shipping info? I’d rather be more discreet by keeping the price off my front page.

Thanks for your time, Scott Lincoln
Thursday, January 13, 2011Quillart says:

Excellent plug-in, Robby. It is just what I was looking for. Thanks for all the great work!
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Saturday, February 5, 2011John says:

Hi Rob

Looks like just the thing I have been looking for.
Will it work on Pages instead of Posts?

Thanks
John
Saturday, February 12, 2011Dorman says:

Does ArtPal only work when putting it in a post? I tried adding to a page but didn’t get the PayPal button to show up. Any help would be appreciated.
Monday, February 14, 2011James says:

Hi,

Great plug-in. Works really well. We have an edge case that I would love to see supported if you have the time. That would be the ability to override the paypal email address at post level. So keep the configured address as is unless it is set in the post.

The reason for this could be that we wish to sell something on behalf of someone else. This would allow us to be completely out of the loop once the item is listed. They money would go directly to them.

James
Thursday, March 24, 2011d.o.v says:

Great plugin,has made life a lot easier,thanks mate and keep up with the good work!
Sunday, March 27, 2011probablepossible says:

Robby, thanks for this plugin! I came by to ask if it works on 3.1, but by the timestamp on some of these comments it seems it does.

So, my next question is; can I configure it for a multisite install?
Thursday, April 7, 2011Gavin says:

Hi when I insert this [artpal=insert] it does not convert into a paypal button when the page is viewed.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011Kent says:

Scroll down to the bottom of the post editor page. You will see a blue bar labeled “Custom Fields.” Click the “+” icon on the right side of that bar.

Can’t Custom Feilds anywhere
Friday, May 20, 2011Rudolf says:

So i have some testing experience with wordpress applications and wordpress store front systems…..
… but now i am looking around for something simple that sells only 1 item, a specialty book in the epub file format, hence a downloadable ebook.

Somehow this ArtPal came up in my searches, but after installing it i can not see anything that points to ebooks / downloadable files – have i jumped on the wrong “bus” here, or, if not, any info on how to set up ArtPal for this particular use?
Thursday, June 30, 2011Jim Chelius says:

Love to see a plug-in supporting those of us in the art world! Are you familiar with WP Photo Album Plus? I was hoping to use Artpal to place the Paypal buttons in the description fields of each photo in my gallery. Using the [artpal=insert] tag doesn’t seem to be working. Any ideas?

Jim
Tuesday, July 19, 2011Cathy says:

Does this add on work with WordPress.com?
Thursday, July 28, 2011marcy says:

Does this plugin work with the newest version of WordPress 3.2.1? I can’t get the artpal link to show up as a paypal button. Nothing shows up. And there is no “blue bar” for custom fields at the bottom of the post page. I’m really missing something here maybe.
Sunday, July 31, 2011marcy says:

Sorry to bother you – I figured out how to get the custom field to show up. I’m a newbie! Learning as I go. I tried to test things with the sandbox option but couldn’t get it to accept my paypal login.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011Rebecca Wilson says:

Really brilliant plugin, perfect for selling one off’s. Is there a way to add multiple shipping options though? I’d like to add a higher rate of shipping for worldwide customers.
Thursday, September 1, 2011Helen Rowlands says:

Hi Robby, Thank you for your pluggin. Quick question, how do stop it crossing out on the price next to the paypal? I noticed when I put a price in with a comma, it didn’t like that and reduced the price! No comma this time, but has the price crossed out, any ideas? Artist Helen Rowlands
Saturday, September 10, 2011ken says:

so i guess it doesn’t work over $1000? it displays a stikethru price… i see several questions about this but no answers
Saturday, October 8, 2011Dena McKitrick says:

I am just setting up this part of my site using the new WPFolio Two beta theme. I have followed your instructions (although there are currrently still several pages which I need to correct the artpal=insert entry on) but I find no blue bar (or any other colored bar or words) labeled custom fields on any of my post pages. Could this be a problem with the theme? Is there some code that I might include somewhere in order to get this data entry button operational?
Thursday, October 13, 2011Dena McKitrick says:

Hi Robbie
Thank you for this app. I answered my own question with a bit more investigation. It turns out in the later version of Word Press some buttons are hidden (not sure what the porose of hiding them was), but once I turned that button to visible, everything went smoothly. So, thank you, I have no need of an answer to my last post. I do have one part that is bothering me quite a bit however. It has been mentioned here before several times. Most of my pieces are over $1000 – so all my listings also have the stricken price, and then the same price restated with the comma. If I try to enter the price with the comma myself, then I get the price with the $1,000 stricken and the stated price $1. I’ve had quite a few critiques of my site mention this as the one bug that really bothers them. I would love to see a fix for this glitch. Thank you so much for inventing this plugin. -Dena
Wednesday, November 16, 2011Sheri Gee says:

Hi Robby,
I’ve tried to install your plugin but for some reason I can’t add prices – no blue bar at the bottom of the post in the edit post page. Am I looking in the wrong place or not running compatible versions? I’m on
WordPress 3.1.2, running Atahualpa theme, and v.1.4 of Artpal. Because I can’t add pricing, I’m only seeing the ‘contact me if you’re interested in purchasing this piece’.
Thanks so much, Sheri
Friday, December 9, 2011Lotte says:

Dena, I’m having the problem with the “custom fields” bar thingy not showing up. Could you (or anyone else) tell me how you made your hidden stuff visible?

Thanks, guys.
Friday, January 27, 2012brady says:

hi i am having trouble with the plugin, installation went fine but my edit post page does not show custom fields options, so i cannot add price etc…

thanks!! hope you can help
Monday, January 30, 2012Jannie Takeuchi says:

Cool design. Did you make this site yourself?
Monday, March 12, 2012JustMe says:

Hello! Thanks for the plugin… but I have one question, how can users sell their work and receive the money in their paypal account? Thank you .
Thursday, March 15, 2012JustMe says:

…can you approve my comment and give me an answer?
Monday, March 19, 2012Robby Grossman says:

Hi JustMe — you’ll need to sign up for a paypal account, then go into the ArtPal settings and add the email address you set up the account with. PayPal monies will be directed into that account via the plugin.
Thursday, March 29, 2012Trudy says:

I love your plugin – Thanks

I’m setting it up on an artists site at the moment and have seen that if I enter a price greater than three digits i.e. $1000 or more then the price is displayed with the number striked through and then it in full next to it.

Is there something I’m not doing or is this a glitch?

Look forward to your answer
Thanks
Trudy
Thursday, March 29, 2012Anthony H says:

Hey Robby,

Fantastic plugin, it has enabled a newcomer to WordPress like myself to add a shop with ease. Thank you so much for all of the work you put into it.

I did have a question, is it possible to modify the code so that it refers to a custom post type rather than the default postings. I would still be using the categories within the custom post type in order to organize the for sale / sold pieces.

Thank you for your time, take care.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012Mic Haller says:

Hi Robby, I’ve used you plug in to sell my art work on my wp blog but I’m getting 2 sales prices. One is crossed out and the second isin’t. example $3000 crossed out, then $3000.00. I remember seeing another post with this same issue. Can you help me fix it? Mic
Thursday, May 3, 2012Sheri Gee says:

Hi Robby,
I’m not sure why but the one Artpal post I made only shows the painting if you find the post (‘shop’), but if you click in the category list and go to ‘Work for Sale’ to find that post, the painting has disappeared. Any idea why?

I created the post ‘shop’ and put it in the Artpal ‘category’ which I’ve named ‘Work for sale’. I’d now like to add more posts of items but if they won’t show in the category, there doesn’t seem much point. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
Tuesday, May 15, 2012soner says:

hi there

I am trying to implement Artpal into my site because I need to sell my photos (about 400 photos in one page) and using Light Box Plus.

Probably it is me but I couldnt integrate ArtPal into the page (www.sonergurelli.com/commercial). Does that mean that ArtPal doesnt work with “pages” and only works with “posts” ?

Thanks

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